Rubber ducky, you're the one......

[marmar]

Hong Kong (CNN) -- Hong Kong's busy harbor is never short of action, but the great big yellow duck that floated into town on Thursday captured the city's attention.

Thousands lined the harbor front and work ground to a halt in offices with sea views as the much-hyped 'Rubber Duck' made its grand entrance. For two weeks local media has been on something of a "duck watch," closely monitoring the movements of the 16.5-meter (54 feet) inflatable sculpture.

The man behind the seriously over-sized bath toy, Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, described the Hong Kong response as overwhelming and said he was happy to have finally made it to the city, his first visit.

"I've wanted to come for years -- and my duck made it here before me!" he quipped. ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/02/travel/hong-kong-giant-duck/index.html

[HappyMe]

1. That's so cool!

[rocktivity]

2. You can stop dragging the river, Bert

rocktivity

[longship]

4. I couldn't resist!! Well worth it.

Sesame Street is awesome. Back in the Jim Henson days, it was especially so.

As an adult I learned to love it. Haven't watched it in ages, ever since they started replacing some classic Muppets with Muppet cartoons. Not the same. When Jim Henson died, the world lost a real genius.

This is the kind of social lesson that Sesame Street always portrayed. I presume they are still doing so. Maybe I ought to tune them in again. Eh?

M'na M'na forever!

Really forever. Here's the Muppet Show version:

How does it get better than that?
(Maybe Staler and Waldorf disagree. They cannot help but give their opinion at the end.)

High art, my friends. High art.

[Archae]

3. They need to dump a load of saltines on it!

Fill it full of quackers!